Bacon Hole , CSGCAA.ML90
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Cave
Access Approach by the cliff path from Pennard. The cave is situated at the bottom of a steep slope on the Western side of Hunt's Bay
Description A large chamber 20 metres wide and 7 metres high, with an inner recess which was protected by a grille. Important bone cave of archaeological interest. It has also been suggested that the cave itself dates back to at least the Triassic.
History
E.R.Wood 1850; W.J.Sollas, H.E.P.Breuil 1912; C.B.Stringer 1983
Hydrology
Conservation
SSSI: 1036 Pwll-du Head and Bishopston Valley (Mixed/M)
GCR: 1193,1366
Survey Axbridge CG nl. Feb 1965, p.13 References Rep. British Assoc. Trans. Sect. 62-63, 1848. Fossil remains Ann. Rep. Swansea Lit. and Sci. Soc. 10-18, 1852. Cave Deposits QJGS 16, 489-491, 1860. Bone excavations QJGS 25, 192-217, 1869. Dist. of Post Glacial Mammals Cave Hunting (Macmillan), Dawkins,W.B. 1874 Ann. Rep. Swansea Lit. and Sci. Soc. 75-86, 1912-13. Archaeological Interest. Proc.Swansea Sci. Field and Nat. Soc. 2, (4/5), 130-132, 1941. Archaeology Proc.Swansea Sci. Field and Nat. Soc. 2, (1), 221-246, 1944. Location, description and details of excavation. British Caver 4, 13-19, 1939 British Caver 17, 36-43, 1947 Gower Caves (Welsh Guides), Allen and Rutter, , 1948 Cullingford,C.H.D. (1951), Exploring Caves, pp.52-53 Britain Underground, 1953 British Caving (Routledge, Kegan Paul) Cullingford,C.H.D., 2nd Ed. 1962 Caves in Wales and the Marches (Dalesman), Jenkins, D.W. & Williams, A.M., 1963. Location description and brief details. Owen, T.R., Gower Vol.18, pp.47-48 [in] Gower in Triassic Times [suggests Triassic infill] The Caves of Gower (Gower Society),Grenfell,H and Morris, B, 1971, p.4 Griffiths, A.P., Gower Vol.23, pp.76-77 Recent work at Bacon Hole Stringer, Christopher, Gower Vol.26, pp.32-37 A preliminary report on new excavations at Bacon Hole Cave Stringer, Christopher, Gower Vol.28, pp.36-44 Evidence of Climatic Change and Human Occupation During the last Interglacial at Bacon Hole Cave, Gower Trans BCRA 4(4), pp.441-442, 1977, C.J.O.Harrison, Non-Passerine Birds of the Ipswichian Interglacial from Gower Caves Megaw, J.V.S. and Green, H.S., Gower Vol.29, pp.52-54 A Possible Bone Flute from Bacon Hole Cave, Gower Caves of South Wales, Stratford, T., 1995 Davies, M, 1993, Caves of the South Gower Coast: an archaeological assessment NT heritage record Brendan Marris Caves of the South Gower Coast
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